Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves, known for his physical edge, hasn’t played since April 11 because of an undisclosed injury, and there isn’t a clear timetable for his return.
Ben Gotz
Golden Knights backup reporter
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Ben Gotz came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He covers the Lights FC, high school sports and anything else sports-related that comes into town. He also hosts segments in the video studio on soccer and high school sports. Before coming to Las Vegas, he wrote about college hockey, college football and high school sports during stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and Minnesota Daily back home in Minnesota.
Peyton Krebs, the Golden Knights’ first-round pick in 2019, made his NHL debut Wednesday in Minnesota and needed only four shifts to get his first point.
The Golden Knights led 5-3 halfway through the third period and 5-4 in the final two minutes before losing 6-5 to the Wild. They are 1-6-0 all time in Minnesota.
Golden Knights fans traveled en masse to the team’s road series in Arizona over the weekend, turning Gila River Arena into an extension of T-Mobile Arena.
The Silver Knights are in a slump, but the announcement that they’ll be Pacific Division playoffs Thursday should give them extra motivation to stop the skid.
Friday’s 3-0 loss to the Arizona Coyotes was an unfortunate result for Robin Lehner. He played well, stopping 29 of the 31 shots he faced.
The Golden Knights’ penalty kill leads the NHL with an 86.5 percent success rate, the highest since the 2015-16 season and the second-highest since 2012-13.
The Golden Knights are the only team in the NHL that has won 10 straight games this season. Here are some numbers that help explain why they are the league’s hottest team.
The Golden Knights had two skaters return to practice Tuesday, but two regulars did not skate with the team, which hosts the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.
The Golden Knights have two games left against both Colorado and Minnesota. They are four points ahead of the Avalanche but have played two more games and five ahead of the Wild.
The state of California might want to close its borders to the Golden Knights. That might be the only way to prevent its teams from losing again.
In a Friday Twitter post, Golden Knights’ goaltender Robin Lehner maintained again that the NHL misled players about relaxing COVID-19 restrictions after vaccinations.
The Golden Knights held a practice at City National Arena for the first time in a long time Friday thanks to a rare break in the schedule.
Mattias Janmark has been given a lot of responsibility in his first five games with the Golden Knights, and his teammates are impressed with the way he has responded.
The Golden Knights became the first NHL team to punch its ticket to the playoffs Wednesday night at T-Mobile Arena. It’s the Knights’ fourth playoff berth in four years.
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